• ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    The problem today is that immigrating to another developed country is usually really difficult unless you or an immediate family member already have citizenship of that country.

    You can bypass that requirement if you throw a shitload of money at that country to let you in. And maybe Canada would let you in as a software dev if you settled in Quebec? But from what I’ve read in the past, unlike medical doctors, software developers aren’t usually considered one of the elite professionals that bypass those immigration limitations.

    But I wish you the best of luck. And as a software developer myself, I would be interested to hear from you and others on how immigration works for our profession.

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      8 months ago

      One thing in my favor, perhaps… I work for a large multinational company that already has a hefty presence up there. So I could theoretically arrive already employed.

      But yeah, if Canada doesn’t work out, we’ll have to figure out something else - heck, maybe France itself. I’ve been there before and loved it.

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      8 months ago

      For a developer is kinda easy to go to the EU. Search for “Blue card”. If you get an offer that pays enough the requirements are less and you get faster roadmaps for permanent settelment.

      The biggest problem would be to get the offer from abroad but it is doable if you’re skills are inline with the market.